New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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SIGMA P1 INTER-FRATERNITY C New England Club?

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l iBbi Sigma u Bull limos, Annlam' F. VV. AlCWll.l.l.'KAlS, CuA1u.Es A. S. l'lUNTl-IR, JAMEs G. hlixnsi-mul., Glsonczlz F. KING, Gll.llERT S. lX'lixv, JAY h'll'l'CHEl.l. LEsL1i:, JAMES N. Russia, NVll.l.IAM IEIJGAR MACKNIGHT, JOHN XV. S'1'i:wixRr, L1-:suis M. 'l'R,xUTMANN, CHiuu.ns P. Bad feeling among fraternities should not exist any more than bad feeling within fraternities. lf a fraternity can instil friendship only into its own limited circle of twenty' or thirty men, its range is too narrow. 'l'he tendency toward snob- bislmess is strong in fraternities. lt is their greatest temptation and their worst reproach. At the beginning of this year we all recognized thankfully that at N. Y. M. A. there was more good feeling among the fraternities than had ever been known. Partly because this made it possible, and partly in order that this state of things might continue, several inter-fraternity societies were formed. It was in November that four of us, in three of the fraternities, decided to form a society of this sort. We hrst thought of making it a New York Society, but realizing that occasionally a good man was born out of that city, and that we should encourage good men born with such a handicap, we decided to broaden our held. The name Phi Sigma Nu was chosen as being descriptive of both our inter-fraternity feeling and of matters not necessary to be spoken of here. The society was formed, as has been said, to promote inter-fraternity good feeling. As the best way of succeeding in this, one of the great ideals of the society is the loyalty of each man to his own fraternity, for we believe that if each man truly lives up to the ideals of his own fraternity he will be able to bear no ill-will to others. We wish, therefore, to all at N. Y. M. A. the fullest measure of prosperity for the coming year, and hope there will be a greater measure of good feeling than there has been this year, and that it may still continue to increase. 141

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X6 P, H 1 'ff 'Sz 1 BX, 4:11, M4 ' as amp.-tl .fliyiiilplgi-3i.' lm Aiifx M A ,l 152' NP, E new iii, 1 Q61 5 69 Sigma iBi Bull ASHEY, ELWOOD CLAYTON P1NNEv, THOM.-xs HAROLD FOOT!-I, NIARSHALL HANIFORD PROCTOR, CHARLES BELA MARsH, TOM RYDER WALKER, SYDNEY G. NINRAMORE, RUSSELL E. WEsTON, WENDELL MARO, Zn NORTHWAY, JOHN EARLS YOUNG, ALFRED AVERY, JR. GEORGE F. A. RILEY Faculty Adviser The Sigma Pi Society was established at N. Y. M. A. by a handful of cadets for the purpose of uniting more closely fellows from the New England States. The charter members were Northway, Weston, White, Pinney, Proctor, and Foote, and the organization was completed on the 17th of November, 1917. Such a society had been talked of for more than a year, but lack of interest and initiative deferred its organization until last fall. The excellent feeling which existed this year between the national fraternities represented at the school prompted us to organize early in the year and when Alpha Pi Delta came into existence, we could wait no longer to materialize our plans. The necessity for such an organization to help form closer relationships between members of antagonistic national fraternities was realized, hence the organization of a New England Society. The friendship between the fraternities is promoted by these inter-fraternity Organizations, and Sigma Pi also aims to unite cadets from the same locality-New England. A very enjoyable banquet was held in Springfield at the Hotel Kimball on March 30, and all that attended pronounced it a great success. We hope that this banquet may be the beginning of a custom which will become permanent. One to whom we owe a great many thanks for the success of our society is Mr. G. F. A. Riley, one of our charter members, and unanimously chosen faculty adviser. lt was he who obtained for us the encouragement of Colonel Davis during the hard work of establishment. Since the founding of the society we have added five new men to our roll and we most certainly hope and expect that Sigma Pi will have a most successful season in 1918-19. We extend our sincere congratulations to the other inter-fraternity societies and wish them a most prosperous future. . 143